List of quasiparticles


This is a list of quasiparticles.
QuasiparticleSignificationUnderlying particles
AnyonA type of quasiparticle that occurs only in two-dimensional systems, with properties much less restricted than fermions and bosons.
BipolaronA bound pair of two polaronspolaron
BogoliubonBroken Cooper pairelectron, hole
ConfiguronAn elementary configurational excitation in an amorphous material which involves breaking of a chemical bond
DislonA localized collective excitation associated with a dislocation in crystalline solids. It emerges from the quantization of the lattice displacement field of a classical dislocation
DropletonThe first known quasiparticle that behaves like a liquid
Electron quasiparticleAn electron as affected by the other forces and interactions in the solidelectron
Electron hole A lack of electron in a valence bandelectron, cation
ExcitonA bound state of an electron and a holeelectron, hole
FractonA collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure.
Fracton An emergent quasiparticle excitation that is immobile when in isolation.
Holon A quasi-particle resulting from electron spin-charge separation
LevitonA collective excitation of a single electron within a metal
MagnonA coherent excitation of electron spins in a material
Majorana fermionA quasiparticle equal to its own antiparticle, emerging as a midgap state in certain superconductors
OrbitonA quasiparticle resulting from electron spin-orbital separation
PhasonVibrational modes in a quasicrystal associated with atomic rearrangements
PhonitonA theoretical quasiparticle which is a hybridization of a localized, long-living phonon and a matter excitation
PhononVibrational modes in a crystal lattice associated with atomic shifts
PlasmaronA quasiparticle emerging from the coupling between a plasmon and a hole
PlasmonA coherent excitation of a plasma
PolaronA moving charged quasiparticle that is surrounded by ions in a materialelectron, phonon
PolaritonA mixture of photon with other quasiparticlesphoton, optical phonon
RotonElementary excitation in superfluid helium-4
SolitonA self-reinforcing solitary excitation wave
SpinonA quasiparticle produced as a result of electron spin-charge separation that can form both quantum spin liquid and strongly correlated quantum spin liquid
TrionA coherent excitation of three quasiparticles
WrinklonA localized excitation corresponding to wrinkles in a constrained two dimensional system